Racial Health Disparities in a Cohort of 5,135 Transgender Veterans
In: Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities: an official journal of the Cobb-NMA Health Institute, Band 1, Heft 4, S. 257-266
ISSN: 2196-8837
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In: Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities: an official journal of the Cobb-NMA Health Institute, Band 1, Heft 4, S. 257-266
ISSN: 2196-8837
The HIV/AIDS epidemic is burgeoning among African American men and women. Despite comprising only 13 percent of the population, 50 percent of new HIV diagnoses in 2004 were among African Americans. Among women and men who have sex with men (MSM), African Americans are grossly disproportionately affected by this epidemic, and this trend shows no sign of abating. This book seeks to explore some of the contextual factors that contribute to this disparity as well as ways to intervene to slow the growth of the epidemic in the U.S. This volume will focus on the history and context of HIV/AIDS in Afr